Two Kinds of Springs

Spring
New, Young
Awakening, Budding, Beginning,
Flowers reaching toward sunlight
Rebirth



Spring
tightly, firmly
curling, tensing, quivering,
waiting for maximum strain--
Coil.



The modern 5-line cinquain format:
line 1 - one word (noun) name of the subject
line 2 - two words (adjectives) describing the
subject
line 3 - three words (verbs) describing an
action related to the subject
line 4 - four words describing a feeling about
the subject or a complete sentence
line 5 - one word referring back to the subject
of the poem